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OIL Oct-qtr Net up 4 Percent at INR 902.96 Cr

State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) on Wednesday reported a 4 percent drop in the December quarter profit after output fell and fuel subsidy outgo surged. Net profit in October-December fell to INR 902.96 crore, or INR 15.03 per share, from INR 940.29 crore, or INR 15.64 a share, the company said in a statement.

This was primarily because the subsidy it pays to fuel retailers so that they can sell diesel and cooking fuel at government fixed rates, rose 11.5 percent to INR 2,173.48 crore. Also, crude oil production slipped 3 percent to 0.894 million tonnes in the quarter. Natural gas output marginally inched up to 0.679 billion cubic meters from 0.674 bcm in Q3 of last fiscal.

Turnover was up 8.5 percent to INR 2,730.38 crore. OIL said the gross crude oil price in the quarter was USD 108.11 per barrel, almost unchanged from a year ago, but after extending subsidy discounts to refiners the net price realised was USD 52.11 a barrel.

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